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Frost Fatales - the winter version of Games Done Quick's all-women and femmes charity speedrunning event - returns this weekend for seven more days of fleet-fingered gaming feats.

Hasbro has announced Monopoly App Banking, a controversial spin on the iconic board game that replaces paper play money with a play bank card.

There’s been a lot of fuss over what’s next for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and not all in ways that Marvel would like. A few years after Kevin Feige publicly stated Marvel was cracking down and prioritizing what would “stand out and stand above,” the results have been a bit shaky. There wasn’t much by...

You can stream the first episode of Win or Lose, Pixar's first original TV series, for free on YouTube. It follows a co-ed middle school softball team (the Pickles), with each episode focusing on a different character's perspective — including animated personifications of their insecurities and defense mechanisms. The first episode hones in on the "coach's kid," Laurie, the Pickles' right fielder. She's rubbish at softball, thanks in no small part to her insecurities, illustrated as a sentient p...

This story was first published in Switchboard, a newsletter from Polygon that delivers all the latest Switch 2 news, reporting, and rumors directly to your inbox. Sign up here to get it weekly. Last week’s Pokémon Presents was more than a peek at what’s next for the Pokémon franchise. The showcase revealed new details on Switch games...

Interestingly, Electronic Arts does not appear to be putting great effort into having the gameplay clips taken down.

Nightflower pollen is an special material in Monster Hunter Wilds. You’ll collect it from ephemeral blossoms and use it for trading with Sekka in Suja, Peaks of Accord. You’ll need nightflower pollen to trade for things like hard armor spheres and gold melding tickets. The trick is, ephemeral blossoms only bloom during a full moon....

Those stinky movies generated over $1.2 billion, though.

Apple today scored another victory in the ongoing lawsuit that AliveCor levied against it in 2021, with the federal appeals court confirming the invalidation of three patents that AliveCor claimed Apple violated with the Apple Watch. As a result, the court has vacated an ITC ruling that could have led to an Apple Watch import ban. In a statement to MacRumors, Apple thanked the court for its work and said that it will continue to develop new Apple Watch health features. We thank the Federal Circu...

Dstorage will no longer be able to host pirated Nintendo games for people to share.

Grand Theft Auto 5 publisher, Take-Two Interactive, is suing the Chinese company that owns PlayerAuctions, a third-party video game asset marketplace, in an attempt to take down the “lawless enterprise” of buying and selling GTA Online items, currency, and accounts. “While GTA lets players experience a fictional underworld of lawless enterprise, the entities behind PlayerAuctions...

“Rainbow farts are the best!” Zoe informs us. Our dual protagonists have been transformed into adorable little pigs, one with the ability to turn into a slinky, while the other, well, rainbow farts for speed boosts. We begin feeding apples to ravenous door locks and rolling around in the mud, then slowly but surely make our way toward the end of this wild and wonderful adventure. We dive into the darkness, expecting to reappear in Mio’s cyberpunk-inspired dystopia. Instead, blood covers the scre...

If you've been keeping up to date with Battlefield, you'll know EA is holding invite-only play tests for the series' next instalment as it seeks to avoid the kind of disastrous response Battlefield 2042 received. And with the first of these now underway, it's perhaps not a huge surprise to learn players are already ignoring their NDAs and leaking early gameplay footage online.

Hoo! We've got four Mage cards from the Into The Emerald Dream expansion.

Knights in Tight Spaces is a roguelike deck builder with deep strategy, lots to unlock and explore, and a whole lot of style. The game is a successor to the 2021 title Fights in Tight Spaces, but while the original game was a modern spy thriller with a tightly focused combat loop, Knights in Tight...

AMD has announced that it's releasing its newest Ryzen X3D processors on March 12. The Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D were both introduced back at CES 2025, and are currently the most powerful gaming-focused processors the company sells. The 9950X3D has 16 Zen 5 CPU cores, a max boost speed of 5.7GHz and second-generation 3D V-Cache tech for more efficient performance. In contrast, the 9900X3D comes with a more modest 12 CPU cores and a max boost speed of 5.5GHz. AMD's 3D V-Cache tech is st...

Breaking down all the choices big and small.

The anonymous developer of knockout indie hit Balatro hasn’t shared much publicly since the game was released in February 2024. He did not attend The Game Awards in December 2024, where he was nominated for Game of the Year and won Best Indie, choosing to send a representative to accept the award on his behalf....

The Nintendo Switch 2 is officially on the way, and more details are starting to trickle out. FCC filings have revealed that the console will support WiFi 6 and NFC, according to reporting by The Verge. This means that the WiFi in the Switch 2 should be much speedier when compared to the OG model, as that console only supported WiFi 5. The filings do indicate that the Switch 2 won’t offer support for WiFi 6E. Additionally, the FCC only mentioned tests for 2.4GHz and 5GHz networks, and not the fa...

A weapon tier list can help you make sense of the overwhelming amount of weapons in Monster Hunter Wilds. Sure, any weapon can work against any monster, but knowing which is the strongest or which might suit you best saves you time — and, more importantly, upgrade materials. In this Monster Hunter Wilds guide, we’ve...

Shortly following the announcement of its largest Jurassic World set ever, Lego has revealed six smaller sets inspired by Jurassic World: Rebirth. Many of these smaller sets are designed with play in mind, with oversized dinosaur figures and a generous collection of Minifigs to sate the dinos’ carnivorous appetites. Currently, you can only pre-order the...

Miffy, the adorable rabbit created in 1955 by Dutch artist Dick Bruna, is quietly taking over the world — pretty spry for a 70-year-old! After appearing in several books through the years, her next step in global domination comes in the form of a fresh new collection of bags and other colorful accessories over at...

The best Monster Hunter Wilds mods make your job easier. Some reveal information the game hides from you, while others let you skip all the homework keeping you from doing main thing you’re here for: fighting monsters. Most mods make item management and gear upgrades easier, saving you time farming for materials. Seasoned Monster Hunter...

A cartoonish, computer-animated raccoon sneaks through an open window of a dimly lit old house and crawls into what can only be described as a dead woman’s deflated skin suit. As the body begins to inexplicably reinflate, its limbs contort at unnatural angles like a rolled-up air mattress springing to life. Suddenly returning to consciousness,...

It's been a week since Apple released the iPhone 16e, its new low-cost (but not as low-cost as before) smartphone. The ‌iPhone 16e‌ has many of the same capabilities as Apple's flagship iPhones, but it is lacking in some key areas to save money. So, is it worth the savings? MacRumors videographer Dan Barbera spent a week with the ‌iPhone 16e‌ as his main iPhone to see what he could live without. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. At $599, the ‌iPhone 16e‌ is quite a bit ...

Mario's Picross and Donkey Kong '94 have arrived!

It's your lucky day if you're looking for good deals on Apple devices. We've highlighted discounts on MacBook Air models, the base iPad and AirPods Pro 2. In addition to those, the Apple Watch Series 10 is on sale for its lowest price to date. The smartwatch has dropped back down to its record-low price of $299. That's a $100 discount. The Apple Watch SE got a discount too. The device typically retails for $249, but you can snap it up for $169. The Apple Watch Series 10 is our pick for the best ...

With US stocks unstable, consumer confidence in the economy plunging and whispers of a potential recession growing less muted, the economy under President Donald Trump's second term has been about as stable as a recovering addict's first week back on blow. With that turbulence as a backdrop, the cryptocurrency industry hoped Thursday's executive order establishing a federal Bitcoin reserve would at least spur a surge in the blockchain ecosystem. Instead, Bitcoin's value has dropped sharply, and ...

The slow trickle of Nintendo Switch 2 information continues apace as we wait for the official Direct presentation on April 2. Today’s news includes potential amiibo support, multiple ways to charge the console, and faster download speeds. As spotted by The Verge, multiple Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filings indicate the Nintendo Switch 2 will include...

Apple is delaying its updated version of Siri that understands personal context and can take action inside of apps, according to a statement the company shared with Daring Fireball. The company didn't offer a date as to when the upgrades to Siri will actually launch beyond that they're "rolling them out in the coming year." Here's the full statement reproduced below: Siri helps our users find what they need and get things done quickly, and in just the past six months, we’ve made Siri more conver...

Amazon is offering numerous all-time low prices on Apple Watch Series 10 and Apple Watch SE, including both GPS and cellular models. You'll find all-time low prices for both watches, and in regards to the Series 10, we're tracking $100 discounts for the first time ever. Apple Watch Series 10 Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. Amazon has the 42mm GPS Apple Watch Serie...

At some level, Fallout has always been part strategy game. The 1997 original relies on turn-based combat and close resource management. Fallout Tactics trades the RPG structure for something closer to XCOM. And then you have Fallout 4’s settlement construction and the pseudo city building in Fallout Shelter. Combining Frostpunk’s hard-biting, survivalist aesthetic with the Fallout series’ various nods towards strategy and 4X, in combination, Endzone and Endzone 2 represent two of the most underr...

Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 earbuds are on sale for just $170 via Amazon. This essentially ties a previous record-low price for 2025, which was $169. This purchase comes with the earbuds, four pairs of silicone tips in different sizes, a charging case, a lanyard loop and a USB-C cable. We heaped a fair amount of praise on these earbuds in our official review, calling them "a worthwhile update." The sound is better-than-ever, thanks to new drivers, amplifiers, transducers and audio algorithms. The tran...

There have been many attempts to reboot the RTS recently, ranging from throwbacks like the recent Age Of Mythology: Retold to splicey novelties such as Battle Aces. I’m not sure any have managed it, but I’m always glad to see fresh blood spilled in the house of Starcraft. Which brings us to Project Citadel, a new space-me-do from Last Keep, a studio founded by former staff of Stranger Things devs BonusXP and Age Of Empires outfit Ensemble. It pitches you against an alien empire, and blends squad...

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